Clueless GOP lawmaker suggests mass murderers are often Democrats

“It’s interesting that so many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats,” Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-Oneida County) told an Albany radio station. “The media doesn’t talk about that either.”

Tenney’s comments came during a discussion about the gun control debate. She later failed to provide a list of partisan assassins when asked by the Daily News but issued a statement.

“I am fed up with the media and liberals attempting to politicize tragedies and demonize law-abiding gun owners and conservative Americans every time there is a horrible tragedy,” Tenney said.

Her remarks came on the one-week anniversary of the massacre of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old charged in the mass shootings, posted Instagram pictures of himself wearing one of the red “Make America Great Again” hats produced by Donald Trump’s campaign.

Right-wing groups have frequently circulated lists of high-profile shootings and assassinations they claim were carried out by Democrats. The fact-checking website Snopes.com deemed the lists “mostly false.”